Author: Scott William Foley
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Emilia Perez – A Movie Review
I heard some praise for Emilia Perez but never paid it much attention until it beat Wicked at the Golden Globes. Even at that point it didn’t quite register that it was a musical. A few weeks later, as I scrolled through Netflix, I saw it come up. Remembering the title, I clicked on it…
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Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark – A Book Review
Ring Shout by P. Djeli Clark is a multifaceted novella that fears nothing. Primarily set during the year 1922, Maryse Boudreaux is a monster hunter in Macon, Georgia, with a preternatural sword. The monsters she hunts? Ku Kluxes, which are demons disguised as humans within the Ku Klux Klan. Her fellow hunters include Chef, a…
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Thornhedge by T. Kingfisher – A Book Review
I always enjoy novellas due to both their brevity and potency. As I searched for a new one to read, I came across Thornhedge. Thornhedge won the 2024 Hugo Award for Best Novella and the 2024 Locus Award for Best Novella. It sounded like a good candidate, so I immediately found a copy at my…
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& Juliet – A Review
I’ll be honest, my daughter started telling us she wanted to see & Juliet quite a while ago. I’d never heard of it, and despite her trying to explain it to me, I did not quite understand the premise. It then happened that & Juliet came to Chicago for a very limited duration (I believe…





